"following account: Wombwell, in the same week, submitted another of his lions to be baited and this match proved to be a very different proposition for the dogs. The Times gave an account of the contest as follows: Wallace was the first African lion to be bred in the UK, having been born in Edinburgh in 1812. He was probably named after Scottish fighter William Wallace. He died in 1838, and his stuffed body placed in the museum in Saffron Walden, Essex. When in 1930 Marriott Edgar wrote his humorous monologue ""The Lion and Albert"", he called the lion ""Wallace""."
"Holloway's most popular pieces, one of many he recorded beginning in 1930. The lion of the poem is named ""Wallace"", which was the name of the first African lion to be bred in Britain, living from 1812 until 1838, and his name became a popular one for lions. Edgar gave the poem the title ""The Lion and Albert"", but some later performances and re-publications used the form ""Albert and the Lion"". A pub on Blackpool Promenade also uses the latter form. The monologues were designed to be spoken rhythmically, with piano accompaniment which in many cases was also composed by"
"The Lion, the Bear and the Fox The Lion, the Bear and the Fox is one of Aesop's Fables that is numbered 147 in the Perry Index. There are similar story types of both eastern and western origin in which two disputants lose the object of their dispute to a third. There are ancient Greek versions of the fable, and it was included in the Medici Manuscript collection of Aesop's fables dating from the 1470s. However, its earliest appearance in another language is as number 60 in the collection of 150 fables in Latin verse by the Austrian poet Pantaleon"
"The Lion and the Mouse The Lion and the Mouse is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 150 in the Perry Index. There are also Eastern variants of the story, all of which demonstrate mutual dependence regardless of size or status. In the Renaissance the fable was provided with a sequel condemning social ambition. In the oldest versions, a lion threatens a mouse that wakes him from sleep. The mouse begs forgiveness and makes the point that such unworthy prey would bring the lion no honour. The lion then agrees and sets the mouse free. Later, the lion is netted by"
"standing gorilla with a sign parodying Josiah Wedgwood's anti-slavery slogan ""Am I Not A Man And A Brother?"". This was accompanied by a satirical poem by ""Gorilla"" at the zoo asking to be told if he was ""A man in ape's shape, An anthropoid ape, Or monkey deprived of his tail?"", and noting: It then recounts Huxley's ripostes, and: The poem was actually by the eminent palaeontologist Sir Philip Egerton who, as a trustee of the Royal College of Surgeons and the British Museum, acted as Owen's patron. When a delighted Huxley found out who the author of the piece"
"The Fox and the Lion The Fox and the Lion is one of Aesop's Fables and represents a comedy of manners. It is number 10 in the Perry Index. The fable was briefly told in Classical Greek sources: 'A fox had never seen a lion before, so when she happened to meet the lion for the first time she all but died of fright. The second time she saw him, she was still afraid, but not as much as before. The third time, the fox was bold enough to go right up to the lion and speak to him.' Since"
"Lion became able to walk alone, he met a hyena who told Little Lion that he is a Lion, hence the king of beasts, which means he was the bravest, the strongest, the wisest, the most beautiful. Little Lion matured, began to move farther from home and came across a well with the Ancient Spirit. Little Lion boasted that he was the bravest, the strongest, the wisest, the most beautiful! The Ancient Spirit laughed and said: ""You are the most stupid!"" Then Little Lion was bitten by an ant who was not afraid of anyone, because he defended his anthill."
"Lambert the Sheepish Lion Lambert the Sheepish Lion is a Disney animated short film that was released in 1952. It was directed by Jack Hannah. The 8-minute film focuses on Lambert, a lion cub that is mistakenly left with a flock of sheep by a stork. Lambert lives his life thinking he is a sheep, but is ostracized by his peers for being and acting different until he is forced to defend his adoptive mother from an attack by a hungry wolf (the same wolf from the ""Peter and the Wolf"" segment from ""Make Mine Music""). Thereafter, the now-adult Lambert"
"At the start of the 1930s they went to Hollywood, where Edgar - who had dropped his first name for the professional appellation Marriott Edgar - met his famous half-brother. Holloway was already enjoying some success with the monologue format, with such classics as ""Sam, Pick Oop Tha' Musket"". Edgar asked him if he had heard a story about a couple who had taken their son to the zoo, only to see the lad eaten by a lion. Holloway had indeed heard the story, and shortly afterwards Edgar supplied him with a script. ""The Lion and Albert"" became one of"
"written by Marriott Edgar, who based the story on a news item about a boy who was eaten by a lion in the zoo. In the monologue, Mr. and Mrs. Ramsbottom react in a measured way when their son Albert is swallowed. Neither Edgar nor Holloway was convinced that the piece would succeed, but needing material for an appearance at a Northern Rugby League dinner Holloway decided to perform it. It was well received, and Holloway introduced it into his stage act. Subsequently, Edgar wrote 16 monologues for him. In its obituary of Holloway, ""The Times"" wrote that Sam and"
"French fable has also been set for choir performance by Georges Moineau (b. 1914). The Lion, the Bear and the Fox The Lion, the Bear and the Fox is one of Aesop's Fables that is numbered 147 in the Perry Index. There are similar story types of both eastern and western origin in which two disputants lose the object of their dispute to a third. There are ancient Greek versions of the fable, and it was included in the Medici Manuscript collection of Aesop's fables dating from the 1470s. However, its earliest appearance in another language is as number 60"
"the U.S. as ""Christian the Lion""). According to the documentary, Adamson advised Rendall and Bourke that Christian might not remember them. The film shows the lion at first cautiously approach and then quickly leap playfully onto the two men, standing on his hind legs and wrapping his front legs around their shoulders, nuzzling their faces. The documentary also shows the lionesses, Mona and Lisa, and a foster cub named Supercub welcoming the two men. Rendall details a final, largely unfilmed reunion that occurred (reported in some newspaper articles to have been in 1974, and by George Adamson to have been"
"lion. He is later convicted of a crime and taken to Rome to be thrown to the wild beasts, only to be recognised and defended from the other animals by the one that he tended. A Latin poem by Vincent Bourne dating from 1716-17 is based on the account of Aulus Gellius. Titled ""Mutua Benevolentia primaria lex naturae est"", it was translated by William Cowper as “Reciprocal kindness: the primary law of nature”. George Bernard Shaw's play ""Androcles and the Lion"" (1912) makes Androcles a tailor; he is also given Christian beliefs for the purposes of the play, which on"
"the Nemean lion, killed barehanded by Heracles, who subsequently bore the pelt as an invulnerable magic cloak. This lion is also said to be represented by the constellation of Leo, and also the sign of the Zodiac. Lions are known in many cultures as the king of animals, which can be traced to the Babylonian Talmud, and to the classical book ""Physiologus"". In his fables, the famed Greek story teller Aesop used the lion's symbolism of power and strength in The Lion and the Mouse and Lion's Share. Since classical antiquity, a ""Gaetulian lion"" in literature is a lion of"
"Androcles Androcles (, alternatively spelled Androclus in Latin), is the main character of a common folktale that is included in the Aarne–Thompson classification system as type 156. The story reappeared in the Middle Ages as ""The Shepherd and the Lion"" and was then ascribed to Aesop's Fables. It is numbered 563 in the Perry Index and can be compared to Aesop's ""The Lion and the Mouse"" in both its general trend and in its moral of the reciprocal nature of mercy. The earliest surviving account of the episode is found in Aulus Gellius's 2nd century ""Attic Nights"". The author relates"
"The Singing, Springing Lark ""The Singing, Springing Lark"", ""The Singing, Soaring Lark"", ""The Lady and the Lion"" or ""Lily and the Lion"" () is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, appearing as tale no. 88. It is Aarne–Thompson type 425C. Others of this type include ""Beauty and the Beast"" and ""The Small-tooth Dog"". It also contains motifs from AT 425A, such as ""East of the Sun and West of the Moon"", the search for the lost husband. Others of this type include ""Black Bull of Norroway"", ""The Daughter of the Skies"", ""The Brown Bear of Norway"", ""The"
"said this sculpture illustrates Aesop's Fable of ""The Lion and the Mouse"". In the story, a lion caught a mouse. As the lion was about to eat him, the mouse pleaded for mercy, promising to help the lion one day. The lion was so amused by the prospect of a tiny mouse helping the king of the jungle that he freed the mouse. Some time later, the mouse came across the lion trapped in a hunter's net and gnawed through the ropes to free him. In a different version of the story, the mouse extracted from the lion's paw a"
"the Renaissance the Neo-Latin poets Hieronymus Osius and Pantaleon Candidus included it in their fable collections. In England it appeared early in William Caxton's collection of Aesop's fables and was later included in those of Francis Barlow and Samuel Croxall. It also appeared in Thomas Bewick's ""Select Fables"", but was there told of a bee rather than an ant. La Fontaine's Fables also include this story and underline the kinship between it and The Lion and the Mouse by running the two together under a common introduction: The difference is that while the lion only showed compassion upon appeal, the"
"Lion and the Elephant. In general, the stories depict the signifying monkey insulting the Lion, but claiming that he is only repeating the Elephant's words. The Lion then confronts the Elephant, who physically assaults the Lion. The Lion later realizes that the Monkey has been signifyin(g) and has duped him and returns angrily to castrate monkey, rendering him unable to reproduce. The signifying monkey appears in the following: Signifying monkey The signifying monkey is a character of African-American folklore that derives from the trickster figure of Yoruba mythology, Esu Elegbara. This character was transported with Africans to the Americas under"
"The Man and the Lion The man and the lion (disputing) is one of Aesop’s Fables and is numbered 284 in the Perry Index. An alternative title is The lion and the statue. The story’s moral is that the source of evidence should be examined before it is accepted. A man and a lion dispute which of them is the superior. The man points to a statue of a lion being subdued by a man as his evidence. In the Greek version, the lion retorts that if lions could sculpt, they would show themselves as the victors, drawing the moral"
"is shown enmeshed in the nets of ""Lobbyism"", from which Colonel (Martin) Mulhall is about to free it by his revelations of bribe-taking. The fable was made into an animated cartoon by Aesop's Film Fables in 1922; there was also a two-minute cartoon incorporating the fable and ending with an advertisement for Coca-Cola as a promoter of friendship that was issued in 1953. In 1966 the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) adapted the story as ""The Bear and the Mouse""; it was issued as a short feature film using real animals with voice-over. This film was followed 10 years"
"the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Other replicas are located here: Brunswick Lion The Brunswick Lion () is a monument and the best-known landmark in the German city of Braunschweig (Brunswick). It is located on the Burgplatz square in front of Dankwarderode Castle and Brunswick Cathedral. Within Brunswick it is thus commonly known as the ""Castle Lion"" (""Burglöwe""). The medieval chronicler Abbot Albert of Stade mentioned ""1166"" as the year of origin. Nevertheless, according to recent research, the monument was created between 1164 and 1176, at the time when the Welf duke Henry the Lion (1129/31–1195), ruler of both"
"and Donkey 629. Rustic Invited to Dinner 630. Rustic Reared in Cow Barn 631. King of Greece and his Brother 632. Julian the Apostate and a Demon 633. Man Condemned to be Hanged 634. Philosopher who spit in King's Beard 635. Judgments of God revealed by Angel 636. Wolf and Sheep Kissing Each Other 637. Tame Asp 638. Ass with Privilege, Fox and Wolf 639. Eagle and Rat 640. Soldier and Serpent / Dragon and Peasant 641. Wolf and Priest 642. Soldier and Religious Man 643. Ape and Merchant 644. Buzzard and hawk 645. Lion and unicorn 646. Capon and"
"to civilization but is soon imprisoned as a fugitive slave and sent to Rome. There he is condemned to be devoured by wild animals in the Circus Maximus in the presence of an emperor who is named in the account as Gaius Caesar, presumably Caligula. The most imposing of the beasts turns out to be the same lion, which again displays its affection toward Androclus. After questioning him, the emperor pardons the slave in recognition of this testimony to the power of friendship, and he is left in possession of the lion. Apion, who claimed to have been a spectator"
"Arthur Hill (stage actor) Arthur Hill (1875–1932) was an English animal impersonator for theatre. Hill’s most famous role was as the Cowardly Lion in ""The Wizard of Oz"". Hill began his career performing animals in pantomimes. Among his roles were the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood, the bear in ""Valentine and Orson"" and the cat in ""Dick Wittington"". Hill’s animal impersonations became very popular and in 1902 he was offered the role of the Cowardly Lion in the original production of ""The Wizard of Oz"", written by L. Frank Baum, who also wrote the book of the same name."
"himself off and nothing transpired between the two for several months. At a San Francisco show, the Leopard Man, looking for his pocket-knife, oversaw Wallace and the rest of the tent occupiers, except for De Ville who glared with hatred at Wallace, watching a quarrel between some trapeze artists. Still watching the events, the Leopard Man noticed De Ville, with his handkerchief drawn, walk past Wallace and feign wiping sweat off his face. During his performance, Wallace cracked his whip and put his head inside the mouth of Augustus, his preferred lion. With Wallace's head in his mouth, Augustus' jaws"
"The Bulls and the Lion The bulls and the lion is counted as one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 372 in the Perry Index. Originally it illustrated the theme of friendship, which was later extended to cover political relations as well. A lion keeps watch on a field in which two, three or four bulls are grazing. Knowing that they will group together to defend each other, the lion sows enmity between them so that they separate and he is able to kill them one by one. Early versions of the fable are in Greek, beginning with Babrius, and"
"Problems regarding geography may have prompted translators to leave out certain entries that were of the most confusion, since they may not have even heard of certain beasts, let alone seen them in person. The most conspicuous absence in this case is of the lion, which appears as the first entry in a great number of European bestiaries of the time. Described in its profile as a Christ figure due to the heroic nature often assigned to it throughout ancient and medieval mythology, the first spot in the Icelandic manuscript is instead replaced by the phoenix, whose behaviors and moralization"
"Androcles and the Lion (play) Androcles and the Lion is a 1912 play written by George Bernard Shaw. The play is Shaw's retelling of the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requiting mercy of a lion. In the play, Shaw portrays Androcles to be one of the many Christians being led to the Colosseum for torture. Characters in the play exemplify several themes and takes on both modern and supposed early Christianity, including the cultural clash between Jesus' teachings and traditional Roman values. Androcles, a fugitive Christian tailor, accompanied by his nagging wife, is on the"
"scared everyone until they learned more about him, and now he is used for menial work. The Fox and the Lion The Fox and the Lion is one of Aesop's Fables and represents a comedy of manners. It is number 10 in the Perry Index. The fable was briefly told in Classical Greek sources: 'A fox had never seen a lion before, so when she happened to meet the lion for the first time she all but died of fright. The second time she saw him, she was still afraid, but not as much as before. The third time, the"
"The Fox and the Sick Lion The Fox and the Sick Lion is one of Aesop's Fables, well known from Classical times and numbered 142 in the Perry Index. There is also an Indian analogue. Interpretations of the story's meaning have differed widely in the course of two and a half millennia. A lion grown too old and weak to hunt pretended to be sick as a ruse and ate the animals that came to visit him in his cave. But the fox only greeted him from outside and, on being asked why it did not enter, replied ""Because I"
"in the continent between Africa and Asia, The film is about an anthropomorphic lion named King Maximilian III. A grumpy, selfish and obnoxious king who rules the main part of the continent in a unpopular monarchy. He has mainly been creating all kinds of preposterous laws that have no reason to be present. His main royal servants, Chancellor Hyena (with his parrot assistant, Ricardo) and gorilla General Glump, constantly flatter and cajole towards him. Meanwhile, Max's twin brother, Irwin, who is kind and friendly, is enjoying his life illustrating his birds. Back at the Monarchy, Both Max and Chancellor are"
"Little Lion said: ""You are indeed more brave than me, but I am the strongest!"" The Ant laughed, called Little Lion the most stupid and advised him to find the Bald Elephant. And the Little Lion went to look for the Bald Elephant. And when he saw how a huge elephant easily rips out a tree by the root, he realized who is the strongest! The eagle said: ""Listen and remember! Do not say that you are brave - you will meet someone braver! Do not say that you are strong - you will meet a stronger one! Do not"